The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, April 23, 1915, Image 4
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Published ?very Friday at 1100 No.
Broad Htreet, nud watered at the Gam
,< de? poatofflce km second clgaa mall mat
ter. Price per annum $1.00.
We ate glad to receive communlca
tlouM of a reasonable length, but an
important condition of their publlca
tlou 1m tbat they Nliall In all case* be
accompanied by the full name aud
exact addresa of the (tender. obltu
arles, resolutions of respect, and church
notices will not be charged for. Mat
ter* of purely a i>ersoual nature will
be charged for at the rate of live emit*
a Hue. Whiskey or jaiteut medicine
advertisements will not be accepted at
any price. Raton for <llsp)ay adver
tising made known on application
(huiidfn, H. April 23, 1915.
T. J. Strait, M. I), will retire as
Hii{>ertutendont of I ho State Hospital
for the Insane on May I. This an
nouncement was made Wedneaday by
Gov. Manning after a conference, with
l>r. Htrait. 0. Fred Williams, M. !>.,
wlli take charge on the above date.
Governor Manning has addressed a
letter to all tho county dlsitcusary
hoards in t ho state advising them of
the wisdom of carrying as small a
stock of Whiskey as |s>sslblo from now
on, citing as a reason that should
state-wide prohibition win in Septem
ber it. would be easier to dis|M>se of the
small stock.
L. 1\ linker, Ueau of the South Car
olina University announced that Ihe
nnme of Oscar Plaxlco, the Totlego
premier sprinter would not be allowed
to com|>ete in the athletic carnival at
Philadelphia, because of the fact that
he would be forced to compete with
negroes.
'The horned toad which was plowed
up recently by Mr. N. \V. Drlsklll at
Mmcstone mills, and which was on ox*
hlbltlon at The Ledger office, made Its
escape Tuesday. The toad was enged
In a pasteboard box, and when, In
some unexplained manner, the lid he
name misplaced, it disap|>earcd. Many
people calllcd to look ftt tiic little aul
aial as it was quite a curiosity In this
nectloii, of the country, although It Is
said they are quite common In the
west. ? tiuffnev Ledger.
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Nelson Ahlrirli, aged 74. foi'ine.l sen- 1
a tor from Rhode Island, died suddenly i
at bis home in New York Frld'i..
Kvldonce of the faille of Greenwood
coupty hogs Is shown In the shipment
of two Duroc Jerseys by Mr. .1. It.
Worts, of Ninety-Six, to Central Amer
ica. Mr. Worts lias one of the tlnowt
herds in the country. He,-*,roccntly sold
a two-year-old of this breed to a Mr.
White, of Abbeville, for $<!.". (Jreen
wood .lournal.
I,. M. Gasque was on Friday, held
by the supreme court to be the so
licitor of the Twelfth judicial circuit.
In 101 li, W. 11. Wells was elected so
licitor of the Twelfth circuit for a
four-year term. He died in January.
11)13. aud on February 13. Governor
I Mease appointed L I?. Singleton, of
Horry county, to till out the unexpired
term. L. M. (bisque was elected so
licitor of the circuit in the general
election of 11)11, and was later com
missioned b.v Governor 1 Men so. Mr.
Singleton refused to give up the otllce.
claiming that he had been appointed
for the unexpired four years. Accord
ing to the decision of the supreme i
court. which was concurrcd in b\ all j
the justices, (he governor has no right
to appoint for a full unexpired term :
when a session of the general assembly
intervenes.
Mi's. John l>. Rockefeller left an
estate <>f .il?<>nt two million dollars,
and in her will just tiled, she leaves
t he most of this money to charitable :
institutions. Each of her three chil- i
d I en are left one hundred thousand.
S pel in a n Seminary of Atlanta. <?a.. is j
I tic on!.* Southern institution remcm !
bcred
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ITEMS OVER THE STATE
Short Nov? Nolti Gathered
From Our Exchange*.
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Congressman Joaeph T. Johnson lut*
assumed IiIh duties as Judge of the new
Federal western (HlJHCt wurt ??t
<*
(Ireenvllle.
, Dr. Anna Howard Shaw, foremost
advocate of wottiiin suffrage III Ihe
i 'nil. -.1 States* delivered a suffrage ad'
(Iron* In CIih rleston last week.
Jeff Boa chain, a well known painter
of Oreei.iw'oed, rominlttwl suicide at
hi* home in that city Thursday, by
shooting himself with a shotgun. No
cause wan given for the deed.
tteorgo Undatedl of Orangeburg, wan
liol.l np while driving his automobile
about three wiles from Orangeburg
Thursday night. He wan roblied of
his money, a watch and his hat.
By order of the i*>st master general,
the parcel lsist terminal station es
tablished In Columbia about a year
ago, will lie dlncontlnued June .10, 1m?
etui He the Htatlon Iiiih not developed
enough business to warrant Its main
tenance. . \
Cum FomUu-, an 4?i|4mu boy, living
with Frank Loopcr, near Pickens, wan
thrown from a uiule and killed Fri
day afternoon. He wun going to the
Held t<i plo>v when the mule became
frightened and bolted, 'the boy's leg
lielng caught in a trace by which he
wan dragged a uille.
Fifty giienta attending the wedding of
Miss Harlc Brunson and .John Henry
Hydrlek. near Oraiigoburg Tuesday
evening narrowly escajied serious in
jury when the ths?r of the reception
hftll fell through. The dress of one
of the guests was set on tire by an
overturned lamp. Later the ceremony
was performed on the front j^a/zjca.
The home of Mrs, Julia Ilarvln llln
son at Alcolu was totally destroyed
by lire Monday morning about 1) o'clock.
There was some Insurance on the build
ing, but none on the contents, of which
some was saved by timely assistance.
This was one of the oldest residences
In Clarendon county, and one of Iho
old landmarks of the good days long
before the war.
The governor has appointed five dpi-,
egates from Smith Carolina to the an
n n ii 1 meeting of the American Acade
my of Political mid Social Science In
Philadelphia. Pa.. April .'10 and May 1.
Professors of history and social coon
: oiu.v from the different colleges of the
j state were selected as follows : .1. W.
I Moore, the Citadel; J. It. Kennedy,
('Union: < >. ( >. Fletcher, Fur man : I.,
i (\ Calloway, Frskine; N. W. Steven
j son. college of Charleston.
Six million five hundred thousand
j postal cards were hauled Thursday
aiorulng from the Charleston docks of
I the Baltimore & Carolina Steamship
I company to the Flitted States post
j otTtcc building and stored in the cel
j lar of that building prior to dlstrlhu
! tion throughout South Carolina. The
S big shipment constitutes ;i solid car
load from Washington via Baltimore,
ami came to Charleston In t lie hold of
the steamer Matilda Weeuis.
The election for otlicers of the South
Carolina National guard which was
held last Saturday resulted as follows:
First Regiment ? Colonel, 10. M. Blythe.
(jreenvllle; Lieutenant Colonel. P. K.
McCully, Anderson: Major First Ba
tailion. B. (I. Watson. < Jreenvllle : Maj
j or. Smind Batalllon, W. B. Moore,
' Vorkvllle. A second race will have to
j be run between .1. B. Tiller. * ?f Ches
lerlield, and Bobert McKorrell, of
llartsvllle, for major of the Third Ba
' tallion. otlicers of the Second regl
. iiient were elected as follows: Colonel.
i 11. B. Springs, (ioorgctown: Lieuten
ant Colonel, J. II. ClalYy. Orangeburg:
.Major First Batalllon. A. 11. Sllcox.
( 'ha rleston : second hatallioii. l>ibert
Jackson. Columbia : (bird hatnllion. .1.
W. Bradford. Sumtei.
Frnest Ford. Jr.. II years" old. and
only child of former Fulted States dis
trict attorney and Mrs. Krnbst F.
Cochran, accldentallv shot himself thru
1r
the head ith his father's automatic
pistol Tuesday afternoon at Anderson,
while in his father's room at their!
home and died three hours later with- !
out having gained consciousness. (
The following Interesting bit of hls~
tory Im reproduced from The J our nil
hiii) Confederate, ?f March 10? IWtf,
a iMifwr published at Camden by J.
T. llvrHbuian and \X !>. Hooolt The
IMIM'r wuh loaned to uh by Mrn. (J. (?.
Alexander, of thin city :
I The Htorm bHH at length burnt upou
Uh; the antlciiMited blow liaa fallen,
and (<f|n|deQ has Iteen made to under
go, In her turn, all the horrent of a
Yankee invasion. The raid, though
expected, wiih ao wudden, and it* dura
tion so brief that we feel stunned, as
It were, and hardly able to reallr.e that
a Yankee force ban actually been in
our mhlHt, plundering and destroying
aw Is their want, although the black
ened and smouldering rulna around
uh too iMtlnfully attest tbv faet <}?d
grant that it may be long ere such
scenes of horror are again r?-enact??d
in our peaceful quiet town,
M??at of our eltlsens having ftOUUllt
refuge in the neighboring swamps,
from which they are only now ventur
ing to return, and small lasHee of tlio
-Yankees l?elng atlll reported hovering
at no great dlatauce from the town
render It somewhat unsafe to stir
abroad, lienoo we liave not beoti a'lle. I
up to the date of thin writing, to
gather full |?artleulnrs of the Invasion
and capture of Camden. _ Such Items
as we have been able to glean, we
throw luiHttly together for the, bene tit
of our readers.
The enemy made 'heir tlrat Mipetir
ance in our midst on Thursday even
ing the 19th Instant, having crossed
the Watoree, nt Peay's and Jones' fer
ries, about twenty miles aliove Cam
den. They were in small number?
some thirty ? and formed a line near
Major John Wliltaker'w residence,
where the milltlja, xmdfct-thO command
of Oolr^RRSpr met the Intruder*. mid*
aftpr a few shots were exchanged, the
enemy withdrew, wounding and cap
turing Mr. J. C. Drakeford, Of Flat
Itock. They returned on the day fol
low iiig (Friday) and readied Cam
den about 2 p. mM entering the town
fhom the north, with a force consisting
of two detachments of cavalry ami
one of Infantry, numbering In all, i>er
baps, two hundred and fifty men. A
portion of the cavalry and the bulk
of ,the infantry proceeded' directly
down Main street Into the heart of
the town. The remainder stopped, by
the way, to plunder. All the houses
on the road were entered and pillaged
more or less thoroughly, according to
the caprice of the robbers. But of
this hereafter. ? Soon aftoi' the main ;
body reached Jungbluth's hotel, which |
was. we believe, their headquarters. ,
the work of destroying the- govern- j
ment stores and public buildings was
l?egun. The tlrst building, tired was j
the passenger depot, next the freight i
deftot at the railroad ; then the Coi n- j
wall.is hous<j: and the building occu
pied as a commissary store house mid I
ottice, on the cornet of DeKalb and
Ma ^n streets, was next tired. From ;
this latter, the flames communicated]
to the adjoining buildings, and 11 the]
houses fronting on Main str?sit oft Hint j
square were totally destroyed. They
also burnt Mr. <?eo, Douglass-store, the
cotton sheds in the rear of Mr. (ier
ald's and Hell's stores, and tbe bridge
over li?e Watoree. The Masonic Hail,
the three-story brick dwelling adjoin
ing. occupied its tb<> enrolling oflice of
('apt. Coli-lough and residence of Mr.
S. Oppcnhoim, McKaiu's drug store,
and the three wooden buildings to tbe
south, were also hurned ; but there Is
reason to believe that the Yankees
were not the Incindlarles in this case.
All the stores were broken open and
"pillaged. The Yankees-took what they
wanted, and threw the balance of the
goods in the street, whence they wvpre
carried < fY by the negroes, who were
encouraged and urged by the Yankees
to appropriate whatever they fancied.
The destruction of projierty has been
very heavy, and years of patient labor
will be required to replace It. .The
devastation Is so utter, so complete,
It Is really heartrending to contem
plate. Hut we have not space to par
ticular, 'y.e in this issue. After the cot
ton. government stores, etc., had been
burned, the majority of the Yankees
dlsjwsed In small squalls over the
town to rob on private account.
Nearly every house In Camden and
Kirk wood was visited. In fact we
have heard of but two that escaped,!
besides those in the immediate vh-inl-j
t.v of Hisliop Davis' residence, before
which a guard we understand, was
placed. The conduct, of these Invaders
varied, In different localities, according
I to the dominant iustlncts of tin*- iudi- j
j viduais who composed the squad. In
j some instances,- rare -ones, they are re
i. 00 r ted t;> have behuved wit it courtesy
j iind gentleness, neither plundering nor
Insulting the inmates, and limiting their
; dents i??H? to >1 dinner or a bod.
i others, and these by far the larger,
. number, they seem to have ro?i through
; the gnniet. from simple impertinence to
I gross outrage, and from potty pITferffl|f~
to wholesale poilatlon and robhefy:"1
| Many families have l?een stripped of
I everything they had in the world. In
one neighborhood, where several bar-'
I rels of liquor bad been burled by their
owners, and dug yp by the Yankees^
I drunkenness came to stimulate outrage,
1 and intensify the horrors of the scepez
! They seemed tq take special delight in
? frightening women and children, and
? we have heard of private dwellings be
lug set on fire under circumstances of
the most wanton and heartless cruelty.
The loss of property and the |M>llutlon
of their presence Is all we have be^p
called on to endure. Hut that Is quite
enough to 'satisfy us for a long while
to come.
True to their Instincts they sought
affiliation with our slaves, and devoted
a portion of their time to persuading
them to desert their owners and try the
blessings <rt Yankee freedom. About
two hnndrod nnd fifty, we hear, from
the town and plantations In the vbln
ity, have been deluded In going off. but
t the large majority of the slaves have
proved faithful to their masters.
deed great praise is due them. csfteelai
ly the house-servants, who. as a whole,
stood faithfully by their mistresses,
und, by their earnest-- and active ef
forts, aided greatly In preventing out
rage a qd saving property.
Although the force which entered
Spray With I Zed Devil Lye
Makes old orchards produce ; doubles the yield
of warden and truck. Buy a can at your grocer's,
spray and grow prL:e winners. Writ* For Booklet,
Wm. ^chield Mfg. Co., St. Louit, Mo.
Camden was huiH, tlN?re were large
bodtee of Yankee* tw the vk4uU>v
fact the whole of Hheruian'a ariuy
probably passed wtttiln twenty miles
of uh. The party who came i.n on k'rl
rtay left mi Mattmlay night, hut at**if
glern are MHJI to l>e Keen In the vicinity
and larger bodies are known to he at
1 uo great distance. Whither Sherman
Is going f0 have no means of conjec
turing with any approach to accura
cy f, Out off froui all communication
with the worhl, we know nothing of
what I* going on elsewhere, ami we
have no (lata on which to bane a cal
culation, It 1h jiosslble that he at
thla.tl.Mo ikh>ii|?1om Cheraw, and In that
case we shall probably lie wholly rhl
of our -unwelcome visitor for the pre
sent.
At Liberty Hill.
The Maine paper of the name date
contahiH the following about the raid
upon i 1 1 > i ? 1 1 \ Hill :
The Yankee#, while at IJIierty Hill,
well sustained their unenviable repu
tation for pillage and wanton cruelty
to both man and J>enst. They reaped
o golden harvest whllHt there. Proba
bly no spot, of Its dimensions, In the
Interior of the state, ??? m i?i boast of
more wealth and refinement. The pa
int la I residence of Mr. It. M. Cunning
haiu, and every piece of furniture It
contained, was destroyed by the in
cendiarism of some tiend In human
shape: also the resldoncea ??f Mr. John
Perry and C. II. Curetoli wan burned.
The desolation in that locality has
fully equalled that of otir. own town,
its imputation ? ( >1 1 s 1 1 1? ? 1 1 m i .
EYESIGHT SPECIALIST.
Dr. II. D. Rcette Will Be at Zenip &
Dfl'aNH* Drug Store.
Dr. II. D. lteese will be at Zemp &
I tci'iis,-.' drug st <>n> from April 24 to
May 8th. .Don't fall to see him If ,tou
have any nerve or Eye trouble. We
flse no |m>1hououh drugs or drops In the
eyes. Glasses fitted wltli our eitws
prism system where others have failed.
Special attention given to children.
CMW eyes straightened without, the
use of the knife. Examinations free
at Zerop A DePass* drug store from
April 24 to May 8. Will visit, your
home when requested. Don't fall to
see Dr. Iteese while he is here in your
home town. ? adv.
Yeggnien cracked the postofliee safe
at Scranton, in Williamsburg county,
Thursday. Two residences were also
robbed.
Carl ltaiiseur, of Fayettevllle, N-. Q.,
died Tuesday at the ftpartanburg Hos
pital, as the result- of injuries sus
tained earlier *ln the afternoon, when
he attempted to hoard a passenger
train moving out of the station and
slipped from the stop. One leg was
severed from the body and the other
ankle was crushed by the ear wheel.
He 'was taken at once to the hospital,
hut never recovered , from the shock.
Mr. Hansen r was a traveling man -weJ*J
known In the Carollnas.
According to reports ^rom -Fairfield
.lule Smith, a negro farm hand. Iiccus
ede<l of assault upon a white woman,
I
was being pursued F>.v a posse Tues
| clay. The alleged crime was committed
i in the early hour* of. the morning.
The negro attempted to secure a wea
pon from the house, but -was foiled in
his effort by the accidental discharge,
of the gun. Excitement is intense in
the neighborhood and it Is feared lynch
ing may take place.
(! rover (\ Dees, of Kock Hill, got
Ills big live-passenger Chalmers auto
mobile burned near Belalr last Sun
clay night when en route from Wax
haw to Hock Hill. It was a GO-horse
power machine* and cost $2,400. The
remains of the machine were brought
to Waxhaw Monday morning. It is
understood that the machine was in*
sured for $1,400.
Samuel II. I^ardwick. passenger
traffic manager of the Southern rail
way for many years, is to retire be
cause of 111 health and will settle in
-Montgomery, his native city. W. II.
Tayloe has been apposed passenger
traffic manager of the Southern, suc
<*erdl??g Mr- Hardwick.
Odd Bits of News. .
Attlelmro. Mass. ? The services at
the Christian Church last Sunday were
unique In that the pulpit was occu
pied by the twin sons ??f the regular
pastor. The boys are studying for the
minist ry.
Mount Morrison, (3olo.-v-.Tolm ? Bris
bane Walker, former magazine pub
lisher. now retired to a Colorado es
tate, has offered a site of 40 acres here
for a home for newspapermen.
OhMigo, 111. ? The year just closed
has seen loss railway construction than
any year since 1805 when the whole
country was "broke." I^ast year saw
only ir?(K) miles of new railroad built.
Prescott. Ariz. ? The Ostrlnlr fann
ers of the Southwest have Immmi offer
ing irk) of the birds at $5 each, with
few takers. The feather and plume
market has disappeared. It is likely;
that the birds will be, Turned loose. >
Denver, Colo. ? Buffalo llill has re
linquished the title of Colonel, and
henceforth will be known as General
William F. Cody. He has been ap
pointed Judge Advocate-General of the
mllitaiy forces of Wyoming by Gover
nor Kendrick. . %
Savannah, Ga. ? Wearing a placard
on which was her name, destination
and 1." cents in parcel i>ost stamps, six
year old Edna NefT passed through
the terminal station here on her way
from PcTJsacola, Fla.. to Chrlstlanbnrg,
Va.. where her father* awaited her.
She weighed Just under the fifty jKMind
limit. ^
The Better Way to Buy
Hour, Feed and Gran.
.?'* ?4.-' .?< ?? 1*^ vd ?ii >.2 ***
The best end poet economical way to buy it is to go
to a place that makes a specialty of handling It.
Our business is the selling of Flour, Feed, and Grain,
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and we give .you the best value and the best service to
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be had in this town, because our exclusive business i8
!>' j' Viy
the selling of Flour, Feed and' Grain. Buy it the better
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SPRINGS & SHANNON
jf THE STORE THAT CARRIES THE STOCK
the rnmisa-Mm"s?EsmAr
MS SON HAS A BANK ACCOUNT
This would be a more prosperous community of ever?
father in it would say-tor his boy: "Son, start a bank ?
account this very vfeek and every dollar you save and
put in the bank I'll give you another dollar to put ih the.]
bank with it" ? pnd if 3verybod3t would > have SENSE, ^
enough to do it. *
The "PRUDENT" young man who banks his moi
becomes a PROSPEROUS man.
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Make OUR bank YOUR l^anlc
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We pay rour per cent interest on saving*
The First
OF CAMDEN, & C
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THE FIRE
" in this country each year i*
tremendous. The beat of
fire-fighting equipment can
not prevent it. Millions of
dollars are lost tnrougn lack
of insurance. If you are a
practical man you can figure
'out yourself the adyatitage?
of being insured. -Yhe-eoBt;
is so small compared to the
protection offered. Se? us,
to-day. Detayft are danger
ous. ' ? > ?
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Telephone No. 43
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